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Path of Ancestry

Path of Ancestry

Mana Cost: -

Type: Land

Oracle Text:
This land enters tapped.
{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity. When that mana is spent to cast a creature spell that shares a creature type with your commander, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)

Power/Toughness: -/-

Rarity: common

Prints: View all prints (1) →

Expansion: Fallout

Price ( USD): $0.30

USD: $0.30 · EUR: €0.17

Public Decks Using This Card

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Character Background

Path of Ancestry is a quietly powerful piece for tribal and value-oriented Commander builds: thematically it reads like a road paved by generations of your creatures, and mechanically it rewards creature-heavy game plans by converting color-fixing into incremental card selection. Because it enters tapped it hurts pure tempo decks, so it’s best in midrange/value or tribal aggro shells that cast lots of creatures over the game rather than hyper-fast combo lines. Practical synergies are obvious — any tribal commander (Elves, Humans, Goblins, Giants, etc.) benefits because each creature you cast with its mana scries you toward more gas. Deckbuilding tip: treat this as part of your fixing suite and mitigate the ETB tapped drawback with early ramp (Sol Ring/Signet) or include multiple other untapped color-fixers like Command Tower; prioritize a high creature density so Path’s scry triggers are frequent. It’s a low-risk inclusion that smooths draws and turns routine creature casts into small but steady card-advantage.

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